Clinton wrestling hosted Bronson for a single dual on Wednesday, Dec. 20th.  It was a great battle between two good programs.  Clinton came in ranked 5th in division 3 and Bronson is ranked 6th in division 4.  Clinton jumped out to a 6-0 lead at 120 pounds when Nate Arntz took the forfeit win.  Joe Hodges stepped in next at 126 pounds and lost a hard fought 2-4 match after giving up a late reversal.  Braylon Long started Clinton on a three match winning streak as he bumped up to take the 8th ranked wrestler and came away with a 12-0 major decision win.  Connor Younts followed that up by bumping up to 138 pounds and taking out his opponent with a 20-4 technical fall for the win and another five points for Clinton.  Senior Maurice Ames earned the teams first pin of the night at 144 pounds with a first period pin.  Dylan Badge bumped up to 150 pounds for the team and lost a 2-6 match against the 5th ranked  wrestler in the state, and he was up a weight.  He showed great toughness tonight battling for his team.  Cliff Jones came out scrapping and took a 2-0 lead into the second period, but made a costly mistake and put himself on his back and gave up the pin at 157 pounds.  Going into intermission the score was Clinton 21 Bronson 12.  After intermission, Bryce Randolph picked up a pin over the 7th ranked wrestler to get the crowd going again at 165 pounds. John Keibler lost to the number 2 ranked wrestler in the state at 175, and Will Hawkins lost at 190 pounds.  At 215 pounds Wyatt Hicks was wrestling the number 1 kids in the state but gave up a takedown in overtime to lose 8-10.  Hamza Rafferty brought the bench and crowd to their feet as he earned a pin at heavyweight.  Hudson Miller battle the entire match at 106 and came out with a 12-9 win.  Zach Taylor finish the night with a pin at 113 pounds to bring the final score to Clinton 42 Bronson 27.  

In other matches during the night we had one girls match where two all state wrestlers battled.  Senior Faith Blackburn battled well, but feel short.  In JV matches Carter Wolff picked up a pin at 138 pounds to put Clinton in the win column.  Keegan Keith stepped in next and lost his match at 144 pounds for Clinton.  Jayden Duplessis came out scrapping and was up 7-5, but a costly mistake lost the match. Shane Cook pick up a first period pin for the Redwolves at 165 pounds.  Then Owen Wright followed that up with another pin at 165 pounds.  At 175 pounds Landon Lakatos lost a tough 1-4 match, as he battled sickness to gut out the match.  At 215 pounds Chance Maddox lost his match in the end 0-7.   Great effort by all and a lot of room for improvement.  Looking forward to getting back to work as the Varsity Redwolves travel to Martin to compete on Friday, Dec. 22nd.